Road-drag.



J. J. FITZGERALD.

CDLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH Cc.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

J. J. FITZGERALD.

ROAD DRAG.

APPLIUATION FILED Nov. 2, 1911.

Patented June 23, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0..WASH||0TON, D. C.

JAMES J. FITZGERALD, OF EAGLE, WISCONSIN.

ROAD-DRAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Application filed November 2, 1911. Serial No. 658,147.`

To all 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES J. FITZGERALD, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Eagle, in the county of Waukesha and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road- Drags; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in what is herein particularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim of this specification, its object being to provide simple, economical, strong, durable and efficient drags for smoothing roads, each drag being automatically conformable to opposing surface contour and adapted for connection with a screening-cart in which to gather large stones and refuse material.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a plan view of one of my improved drags and screening-cart attachment partly broken away; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional View of the same on the plane indicated by line 2 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a transverse sectional view of the drag on the plane indicated by line 2%3 in said Fig. 1, and Fig. 4, a similar view of a fragment of said drag on the plane indicated by line 1c-4 in the aforesaid Fig. 1.

Referring by numerals to the drawings 5 indicates a suspension arch for a pair of drag-frames, and each of these frames is in the form of a parallelogram. Each end of the arch is laterally extended and provided with. a series of alined eyes 6, any one of which is for the engagement of a pivotbolt 7 that extends therefrom through a washer S and a central cross-brace 9 of the adjacent drag-frame to be engaged with a nut 10. The underside of the bolt-head, the upper side of the washer and the edge of each eye of the arch 5 are rounding to provide for swivel play of the drag-frame, and the pivot-bolt is shouldered in opposition to the cross-brace of said frame to prevent binding draw of the nut on said bolt, as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. The crossbrace and other members of each drag-frame are preferably of L-shaped angle-steel suitably disposed and bolted one to another at the corners of said frame. The cross-brace 9 of each drag-frame is laid in upon the horizontal portions of forwardly and rearwardly extending frame-members 11, 12 to abut the vertical portions of the same, and said frame members 1l, 12 are laid on the horizontal portions of the parallel workingframe-members 13, 14 to which and said cross-brace they are bolted. Said framemembers 13 and 111 are oblique to a line of draft, the Obliquity of those in one frame being opposite that of those in the other frame. The forwardly diverging scraping members 13 of the pair of drag-frames are provided with eye-bolts 15 with which the ends of a stay-rod 16 have free play connection, and forwardly converging draftchains 17 are also connected to said eyebolts. The rearwardly extending parallel members 12 of the paired drag-frames are provided' with hooks 18 for the engagement of a connecting rod or chain 18.

In rigid connection with the arch 5, central of the same, is a clevis 19 with which to detachably connect the eye extremity of a shackle 20 fast on the forward end of the tongue 21 of the screening-cart to which reference is had in the foregoing, the clevis-pin being preferably a bolt 22 engaging a nut 23. The cart-body is a screen consisting of a strap-iron or steel frame 24, and a series of rods 25 suitably spaced in connection with said frame. The sides of the screen-frame are in pivotal connection with hangers 26, attached to the underside of the cart-axle 27, and coupled hounds 28 are shown in rigid connection with said axle and carttongue.

The front of the screen-frame is connected by a link-rod 29 with a bell-crank 30 for which a side of the tongue-end of the hounds is provided with a fulcrum, and a latch 81 in connection with the lever in engageable with a quadrant rack 32 to hold the screen in pivotally adjusted position. A drivers-seat 33 is shown fast ona spring-support 34: fastened on the tongue-end of the aforesaid hounds.

From the foregoing it will be readily understood that the drag frames have free pivotal play when in connection with the suspending arch, and thus provision is had for a yield and tilt of said frames to clear such obstructions in their paths that cannot be dragged out of place. The drag-frames are adjustable longitudinally of the suspension arch as herein shown, but this arch may be omitted and normal distance apart of said frames regulated by the length of the stayrod in connection therewith.

The stones and refuse material, in the path of the scraping members off the dragframes, are gathered 1in a ridge between said frame, and if the cart herein specified is; em:-

In a drag, the combination of a pair of i parallelogram frames eaelihaving acent1-aI cross-brace member and apair of scrapingmembe-rs oblique to aline of dfraft, the

Obliquity of thosein one frame being opposite` those in the otherframe 5 a stay-rod conneeted at its ends to the forward scrapingmembers of' the frames, means loosely connecting the rearwardly extending parallel- ,inner side members 0f the frames, a suspension arch in swivel-connection at its ends with the central cross-brace members of the frames, a clevis in connection with the arch central of the same for the attachment theretol of the draft tongue of a follower of the dragJ and outwardly converging draft devices in connectionwith the forward scrap- I ing-members of the frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 5 have hereunto set my hand at llliluf'aukee7 in l the county of lvIi-lwaukee and State of Tis- 3 consin in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES' J. FITZGERALD.

Witnesses Gro.. IV. YOUNG, CaslNAvn YOUNG.

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